MARANATHA mar-a-nath'-a, mar-an-a'-tha (from Aramaic words, marana' 'athah, "Our Lord cometh, or will come"; according to some, "has come"; to others, "Come!" an invitation for his speedy reappearance (compare Revelation 22:20); maranatha, or maran atha): Used in connection with anathema, "accursed" (1 Corinthians 16:22), but has no necessary conn

MARA ma'-ra, mar'-a (marah, "bitter"): The term which Naomi applies to herself on her return from Moab to her native country (Ruth 1:20). Changed beyond recognition, she creates astonishment among her former acquaintances, who ask, "Is this Naomi?" She replies, "Call me not Naomi" (i.e. "pleasant" or "sweet"), but "call me Mara" (i.e. "bitter"). I

MARAH ma'-ra, mar'-a (marah, "bitter"): The first camp of the Israelites after the passage of the Red Sea (Exodus 15:23; Numbers 33:8). The name is derived from the bitterness of the brackish water. Moses cast a tree into the waters which were thus made sweet (Exodus 15:23). See WANDERINGS OF ISRAEL. Copyright Statement These files are public dom

MAON; MAONITES ma'-on, ma'-on-its, ma-o'-nits (ma`on; Septuagint: Codex Vaticanus Maor, Maan; Codex Alexandrinus Maon): (1) A town in the mountain of Judah named along with Carmel and Ziph (Joshua 15:55). It appears again as the home of Nabal, the great flockmaster (1 Samuel 25:2). In the genealogical list of 1 Chronicles 2, Maon stands as the "s

MAR mar: "To mar" means "to destroy," "to disfigure," "to damage." Job 30:13, "They mar my path" (the Revised Version margin "they break up"); Nahum 2:2, "and destroyed their vine" (the King James Version "and marred their vine"); compare Leviticus 19:27; 2 Kings 3:19; Isaiah 52:14; Jeremiah 13:9. Copyright Statement These files are public domain.

MANUSCRIPTS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT See LANGUAGES OF THE OLD TESTAMENT. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'MANUSCRIPTS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

MAOCH ma'-ok (ma`okh, "oppressed," "bruised"): The same as Maacah (1 Kings 2:39). The father of that Achish, king of Gath, with whom David and his 600 sojourned under fear of Saul's treachery (1 Samuel 27:2). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'MAOCH'". "Int

MANUSCRIPTS man'-u-skripts: In the broadest sense manuscripts include all handwritten records as distinguished from printed records. In a narrower sense they are handwritten codices, rolls and folded documents, as distinguished from printed books on the one hand and inscriptions, or engraved documents, on the other. More loosely, but commonly, the

MANUSCRIPTS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT See TEXT AND MANUSCRIPTS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'MANUSCRIPTS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

MANTELET man'-tel-et, man'-t'-l-et, mant'-let (Nahum 2:5). See SIEGE, 4, (d). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'MANTELET'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

MANTLE man'-t'-l: Used 5 times of Elijah's mantle ('addereth, 1 Kings 19:18,19; 2 Kings 2:8,13,14), which was probably of hair. Found in plural once (Isaiah 3:22), where it (ma`ataphoth) is an upper wide tunic with sleeves (kethoneth). See DRESS; KERCHIEF. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A

MANSLAYER man'-sla-er (meratstseach, from ratsach (Numbers 35:6,12); androphonos (1 Timothy 1:9)): A term employed with reference to both premeditated and accidental or justifiable killing. In the latter case, an asylum was granted (Numbers 35:6,12) until the death of the high priest, after which the slayer was allowed to "return into the land of

MANSTEALING man'-stel-ing. See CRIME, under "Kidnapping"; PUNISHMENT. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'MANSTEALING'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

MANSERVANT man'sur-vant (`ebhedh): A male slave; usually coupled with maidservant or female slave (Genesis 12:16; Exodus 20:10; 1 Samuel 8:16; Job 31:13; Luke 12:45). See SERVANT; SLAVE. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'MANSERVANT'". "International Stand

MANSION man'-shun (mone, "abode"): In John 14:2, the word is used in the plural: "In my Father's house are many mansions," the Revised Version margin "abiding places." The ideas conveyed are those of abundance of room, and permanence of habitation, in the heavenly world. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information O

MANNER; MANNERS man'-er, man'-erz (dabhar, derekh, mishpaT; ethos, houtos): 1. As Used in the Old Testament: "Manner" (probably from manus, "the hand," mode of handling things, or acting) is in the Bible in general equivalent (1) to way, custom, habit, etc., (2) to kind or sort. There are some special senses, however, and archaic usages. It is

MANOAH ma-no'-a (manoach, "rest"): A man of Zorah and of the family of the Danites. Manoah was the father of Samson, and his life-story is but imperfectly told in the history of the conception, birth and early life of his son. No children had been born to Manoah and his wife, and the latter was considered barren (Judges 13:2). Finally it was revea

MANLIUS, TITUS man'-li-us. See MANIUS, TITUS. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'MANLIUS, TITUS'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

MANNA man'-a (man; manna): The Hebrew man is probably derived, as Ebers suggests, from the Egyptian mennu, "food." In Exodus 16:15, we have a suggested source of the name, "They said one to another, What is it?" i.e. manhu, which also means, "It is manna" (see margin). 1. Old Testament References: This substance is described as occurring in flak

MANIUS; TITUS ma'-ni-us, ti'-tus (Tito Manios, Codex Alexandrinus, Codex Venetus, and the Syriac; Manlios, Swete following Codex Alexandrinus; Manilius, Itala and Vulgate, the King James Version, Manlius): Titus Manius and Quintus Memmius were the legates of the Romans who carried a letter unto the Jewish people consenting to the favorable terms w